Re: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Goertzel
This is part of the idea underlying OpenCog (opencog.org), though it's being done in a nonprofit vein rather than commercially... On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 1:55 AM, John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a thought, maybe there are some commonalities across AGI designs where components could

RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-08 Thread Eric B. Ramsay
John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at the state of internet based intelligence now, all the data and its structure, the potential for chain reaction or a sort of structural vacuum exists and it is accumulating a potential at an increasing rate. IMO... So you see the arrival of a

RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI

2008-04-08 Thread John G. Rose
Tipping Point may not be the right word for it. I see it as sort of an unraveling and then a remolding. Much of the internet is still coming out of resource compression. It has to stretch out and reoptimize like seeking a lower energy expenditure structure for higher complexity traffic, but the

Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Eric B. Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you look at the state of internet based intelligence now, all the data and its structure, the potential for chain reaction or a sort of structural vacuum exists and it is accumulating a potential at an

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Derek Zahn
Matt Mahoney writes: As for AGI research, I believe the most viable path is a distributed architecture that uses the billions of human brains and computers already on the Internet. What is needed is an infrastructure that routes information to the right experts and an economy that rewards

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread John G. Rose
From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You won't see a singularity. As I explain in http://www.mattmahoney.net/singularity.html an intelligent agent (you) is not capable of recognizing agents of significantly greater intelligence. We don't know whether a singularity has already

Re: [singularity] Nine Misunderstandings About AI

2008-04-08 Thread Thomas McCabe
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Richard Loosemore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just written a new blog post that is the begining of a daily series this week and next, when I will be launching a few broadsides against the orthodoxy and explaining where I am going with my work.

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Derek Zahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Mahoney writes: As for AGI research, I believe the most viable path is a distributed architecture that uses the billions of human brains and computers already on the Internet. What is needed is an infrastructure that routes information to the

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Derek Zahn
Matt Mahoney writes: Super-google is nifty, but I don't see how it is AGI. Because a super-google will answer these questions by routing them to experts on these topics that will use natural language in their narrow domains of expertise. All of this can be done with existing technology and a

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread John G. Rose
There is no way to know if we are living in a nested simulation, or even in a single simulation. However there is a mathematical model: enumerate all Turing machines to find one that simulates a universe with intelligent life. What if that nest of simulations loop around somehow? What

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Matt : a super-google will answer these questions by routing them to experts on these topics that will use natural language in their narrow domains of expertise. And Santa will answer every child's request, and we'll all live happily ever after. Amen. Which are these areas of science,

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Mike Tintner
Matt : a super-google will answer these questions by routing them to experts on these topics that will use natural language in their narrow domains of expertise. Another interesting question here is: on how many occasions are the majority of experts in any given field, wrong? I don't begin to

RE: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- John G. Rose [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no way to know if we are living in a nested simulation, or even in a single simulation. However there is a mathematical model: enumerate all Turing machines to find one that simulates a universe with intelligent life. What if

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Mike Tintner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt : a super-google will answer these questions by routing them to experts on these topics that will use natural language in their narrow domains of expertise. And Santa will answer every child's request, and we'll all live happily ever after.

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Eric B. Ramsay
If I understand what I have read in this thread so far, there is Ben on the one hand suggesting $10 mil. with 10-30 people in 3 to 10 years and on the other there is Matt saying $1quadrillion, using a billion brains in 30 years. I don't believe I have ever seen such a divergence of opinion

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Goertzel
Well, Matt and I are talking about building totally different kinds of systems... I believe the system he wants to build would cost a huge amount ... but I don't think it's the most interesting sorta thing to build ... A decent analogue would be spaceships. All sorts of designs exist, some

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Matt Mahoney
--- Eric B. Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I understand what I have read in this thread so far, there is Ben on the one hand suggesting $10 mil. with 10-30 people in 3 to 10 years and on the other there is Matt saying $1quadrillion, using a billion brains in 30 years. I don't believe I

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Ben Goertzel
Of course what I imagine emerging from the Internet bears little resemblance to Novamente. It is simply too big to invest in directly, but it will present many opportunities. But the emergence of superhuman AGI's like a Novamente may eventually become, will both dramatically alter the

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Eric B. Ramsay
Sure, but Matt is also suggesting that his path is the most viable and so from the point of view of an investor, he/she is faced with very divergent opinions on the type of resources needed to get to the AGI expeditiously. It's far easier to understand wide price swings in a spaceship to get

Re: Promoting AGI (RE: [singularity] Vista/AGI)

2008-04-08 Thread Stephen Reed
As described in my Texai roadmap, it might be possible to achieve AGI using primarily volunteer, no-cost human labor. A precondition is a human/computer interface that can intelligently acquire knowledge and skills, and is compelling enough for early adopters to use it. If the profit motive

[singularity] Nine Misunderstandings About AI

2008-04-08 Thread Richard Loosemore
I have just written a new blog post that is the begining of a daily series this week and next, when I will be launching a few broadsides against the orthodoxy and explaining where I am going with my work. http://susaro.com/ Richard Loosemore ---